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j f bruxer editor li proi'uiktok i 111 "â€” man one evening at i rook -. " is ii bad as talking of u fir-j to it until w ho im been burned out and ost all hisprop rtv hi the dames to mu ii an extern was this s cics l robbery carried ul one time pr . vincial or couniry notes were issued for gums as low us throe pence ulnl-t those for six shilling were actually coautcd high another gonllewnn having ex preened buinfieineiit at this state ol thing the first speaker ve the follow ing instance of the truth of ,. s assertion : " i once ii , i j nn it 1 a large party of english ladies and gclltlcilllloll to thai enchanting spot where having amused ourselves for a lew days we were mi the point of returning to dublin when otic of the party recollected lhal he had in liis possession a handful of ilu saddler paper aoounhngli we all set out by way of sp it to have "â– mh fed ; our princi pal object being to see and converse with the proprietor of u.-li a bank " lla int entered the shop u inch hare iv sufficed to admit tin um i inpauy ue found the banking saddler hard al u.irk making a saddle one of the ken e n tlein.'ii thus addressed hull : good in tiling to v ui ir i presume too are the gentleman of lhe lioll '* ' at your sen ice ladies and gclltlc in ti returned i io saddler " * it is n i understand the bank is kept 1 continued ny friend *â€¢ â€¢ vou are just right sir replied the mechanic this is the ki hartley hank for want of l belter " m v frier i ben said : ' we are on the ovoof quitting your town and as wehave home few of your notes which will be i no manner ,â€¢! use to us else here i'll thank jtou to . h them the bank.-r replied : cash plase yonr honor what t thai i is it any tiling in the leather line i have a beautiful saddle here a ever was put across a horse g.mi.l ami cheap upon mv av so i|..w much of my notes have you sir if you please r this ijt.n n required some time for nn answer calculation being nccessar : at length my friend counted theni out a - follows : x â– 1 tlirn notra fcir i.-j each .... ii u 1 i i ira in t ra ii - - . . li i - two sol Â« or 6^4 rwh .... u i i tliria n a f..r ' -. â– en h it - l..urllia 1 li lliirnrii .... ii u v'i two n r..r i i ... eh .... ti i c una t,..i v i it r ....,- thirleen â– i 1 i i in note t..r 1 i.i 0 16 ( ii ii . i t.x i tii or tiir thirl -. tl 3 11 ( or ih.lr t llir.-r _||>] i|l|..-j .' ball peiwe ,.. threa n,.rt mil â€¢ i lf 0 3 91 au is . there sir said be arc no h--s than sixteen of your promises t pay for the amazingly large sum of fifteen shillings and nin pc iv veiling money "â€¢ by tho powers it's yer honor may say that thing for if veil iu mane true to the backbone it's the ivillanu . n tes will keep out for the vear round without no changing at all all " * no , imi l.t no doubt said our spokes man ' bill we are on the eve of departure ami shall require change on oiir jonrney " * yc will requiro the same thing sure enough bul ! vow to my â€¢>.,,! ive no more silver money in the place nor these four tun ' inies a few haptirs as isn't wnrth yonr lordship's notice flood heavens sir returned lhe gentleman ' h.*w i it possible that vou carry on iho banking business on bo bicii der a capital i â€¢â€¢ â€¢ ( ih ! li v the it kev aisy enough my dear replied too banker * lliecratursure delighted to have my beautiful notes for thei . verv little other money stiring in these parts ami they buy their potati and buttermilk with them and s the notes a-s..-i from one to anotlier verj comfortably .' -â€¢ â€¢ but you are continually liable to have ihem sent in upon you t..r then val ue observed one of the coinpaiiy that's true ein ugh yer worship whenever any ofthe farmen Â« ants a horse collar or a - chile r other harness they brings me a handful of the paper ami it s myself never refused to give them a good article in exchange do you ineaii to say then coutiti tied the gentleman ' that your notes are never required to be cashed cashed echoed the banker ' is it changed ye mane (' " * certainly replied the querist "' it's that same is a greal expense to mc the cra"nr brings me back the notes when tbey get mild ami ragged ; and it's myself never yet refused to change them for beautiful new ones from dublin city and puts my name to them to make ihem go lhe fisler " here the whole party finding it im possible to restrain their mirth set up a loud hlioitt of laughter upon which the banker thus ct n tinned : "' upon my say so i'm right glad lo find so worshipful a company eujoi their merriment ; but it's myself kn â– â– Â«-. well the power ,,' money it c..-is t get them engraved so beautiful and to gel them j.rilitcil on such nice thick paper ave live mu ircd at a time "' don't you mean lo say then said the first gentleman ' that the holders of y,,ur notes never demand the lawful mo ooy of the country in exchange for them ?' sure yer lordship isn't thu notes themselves lawful money enough any tow but it's silver ye mane f certainly returned querist ' ' ' h by the powers !' replied the han ker the people hereabouts wouldn't in biill me by axing the question if thev did may-hy the bank would gtop pay ment and tlttn there would he no money ut all at all no they would bo sorry to do any such thing ; thev give the notes ,( 0 another when they're tired of keep ing them or when they want to buy anv tiling i get mora boddhor axiug yer honors pardon in changing the notes for the gentry as comes to see the hakes than irom all the rest ,,' mv paper pui together the big divil fly an ay with the lakes of killarney say i then 1 presume sir said tho en tleinan holding m the notes * wa have no occasion to waste mom time in endea voring to ehtain payment for this parcel of paper ofyours .'' 1 nhotild be sorry uiost noble sir f0litm hat^immt dn)0tf ta pjlitir5 linos internal jitpradcmrnts tain.rrr tljc an srifnrrs jttoralitij an tljr amilp firrlr vol xiv salisbury n c february l6 1858 number 38 returned the banker to waste anv more ol your lordship s time nr nf those swoel beautiful ladies aud gentlemen ; bul i ve uu illegal bridle here us isn'i to '"' matched in i up aisho africkv i mericn ; n lowest price ii i '.} i ; we'll gay 5 i ,,, v . r iiirduhip if ye'll lie planed to accept u ih re will he two pence hall peimj , ,, r a thr e penny note coining to yer lordship and thai will close ihe biihinesh al once lluully su hiiid tin gentleman laughing â€¢ 1 have i ccasiuu for the bri dle it would only bean incumbrance to 1 1 1 ..." " ' may i have the boldness then to a-k when ver lord-hip will la e town '' iii.juired the banker â€¢* ' ' nr carriages are al the door of the inn rejoined the gentleman ; â€¢ ami we i ail the adjustment of this affair . with v nn bank " â€¢ how very unfortunate !' exclaimed tho i inker scratching his head * bul | as neither saddle nor bridle lie in yonr lordship's way if you would but just de lay y.nir journey until the c.i'k mail .â– lines in 1 expect by the coach a thirty shilling bank of irelunder and then we'll settle the business in uj ilv though up on my deed ami dot d and double deed yÂ»u have li â– . islon to he in lliu i.-av . dread r uneasiness aboul the note be cause d'yo see us bow tin re is not a banker from this to dublin aye or in galwuv ihat would uol he proud t take ja k bryan's paper that n.l so y certain my good fellow returned tlm gentleman ' i'be people on the road know ns to be stran gers and they will require payment iu the legal coin of the realm â€¢â€¢ - l'i a v ii said the banker eagerly â€¢ s _\ . r honor mane to ink the road to mill street i because as h>.w you must go that way anyhow there being no nth er < hi i hen it is there mr c.ttor will be glad to s,-e go fine a company at ln hotel and joyful will be he to entertain Â« ith the best both for man and horse i t,,r the notes of ti.e killaruey bank 'â€¢ it being in vain to think of any ex | change of this non-circulating medium â– tlm english gentleman not attaching the â– same inn i la ce i i it as â€¢ ..â– banker the p.irty wished iiim a good morning and took their leave laughing heartily at hu ' adventure " lt is an ill wind however which iowa nobody good when the partv ar n i ed t i ,- inn door they found the car i iages surrounded by nearly two hundred unfortunate mendicants among whom the gentlemen let fly their note in order t nave a passage cleared and t â€¢ *. > k their 1 departure whilst the miserable creatures were scrambling for the alms laugh if you choose in reading his story but while you laugh recollect thai iir american hanks even the best f ih in conduct their business on the same principle us the banker of ki harney â€” i i..-y all pay tlieir old notes by giving new ones in exchange fin them ami if the people shotil ! â€¢â€¢ insult " tiie n vork ami i in gland banks i.v demanding g and silver in payment for bul one all the paper the bin u in cii dilution â– : liey u mild all " stop pai ment in one respect the kilhirnev bunk niii-i lie regarded as resting ou tar in re â– solid principles than most of ur ameri can hunks though its proprietor could not pay silver he never it seems refused : to give a sad lie a bridle or something clsi possessing intrinsic value in ex change for his notes and tins is more â€¢ than can he baid ol most of our hunks . â€¢Â» â€¢ a fighting preacher when our revolution war first broke out anil congress called upon the sever al siaies to tiirnish regular regiments for the continental line peter mulileiiburg a pastor iu the tenth legion mounted 1 j his pulpit one tine morning told his coll ' gregation lie was going to the wars and â– exhorted as many of them as could raise the p luck to follow his example his words k like wild tire a regiment was ooit ruined an.l peter himself was ap pointed colonel never was there a bet ter choice peter fought even better than . he prayed lis regiment was every where â€¢ where hard knocks were going oil â€” at trenton at princeton at brandy wine at , germantown at monmouth at 1 urktown ' and peter was altvavs at the head of his regiment so prominent was he upon such occasions lhat with some of ll ia ad mii'ei's lie obtained the name of devil 1 pete while by the army generally lie whs known as the " fighting parson lli i-kill seems to have been equal to his gal f inn t rv , for in a short time he became a general and was one among the moat highly esteemed of washington's officers i he wan a striking example of the fact that a man makes none the worse soldier for serving his creator wild fidelity gen llavelock seems to have been ll â€¢ i man of very much the same building of gen mulileiiburg 11 was one of the genuine old-school cromwellian breed a real " fear the lord and keep your-pow der dry â€” generation he preached t ' , his men â€” he pravot with them and even i baptized tbem on one occasion he was court-martialed for this offence an in â€¢ iquiry iuto tiie state of his regiment prov â€¢ ed so satisfactory tiiat the governor gen â€¢ ' eral said he wished in would baptize the whole army now the exploits of this v ii.hu and bis little force are absolutely i marvellous he has shown all the pial ities of a great officer one worthy to take his place by the side of wellington and i mai lb rough they have shown all the â– ; qualities of the best and bravest soldiers i they fought six battles in six days each i time agaiust odds of ten to one and were victorious every time tbey marched ilirnii_.il a swamp of foes drilling nl uv ity step in the im ruing climate of iml ia nt tin rule ct title n r twenty miles h day llicv imi lured llio i(v thev were nt to relieve ami were immediately sur roundel and shut in i.v twenty limes their ntimlier n ing daunted the f held mi for months lighting and victori ii every day i ! living ii|,on a few ounces t'l i iee m il li ml any of the nana supplies of i'm an soldiers al lust they were relieved and the old parson im i the glor nnd satisfaction of having hi lii iiidumitahle bravery perseverance ami skill saved ihe livei of hundred f iiiu countrymen ! we cannot think of these things nf i i.l nun's simplici ty iiiu i lesty ami iiiu greul explu withoiil feeling n disposition t.i throw up iir hats and limit i â– >â€¢â– > t an.l long t'..r tn bravo old " baptist i'reacher the exploits of llavelock and his men dissipate i.n idea long entertained in en gland uml openly avowed bya loriner ministry that the more profligate the ar my the better the soldiers liisotir tirm | belief ilnit honesty morality and above all n in/inn are essential t man in per f.irimiiice nf earthly duty oven the duty t'a soldier and hereafter it e ever hear 1 unii dispute this j it wo shall point to fighting old llavelock and bis glori ous regimeut of true blue baptists in stippnrt f nur opinion depend upon it t soldier does noi light the w orse for com iiieiiding his s..u t.i ins maker it he fall liichiiiontl ii ni \ yankee story tin fiuiiiy liiiiius iu the english pa i .. rs derive in re , 1 their stuns for smiles from journals in this country than from any other source we lind iu one of them this ludicrous anc-dote of the bewitched c'oek about half past eleven o'clock tt sun day night a human leg enveloped in blue broad cloth might have been seen entering i leact in < lepbas i larberry's kitch eu window the leg was followed dual ly by the entire person of ii live yankee attired in his sunday go to meet in clothes it un.s in short joe maywu.nl who thus burglariously won his way iuto the dea \ coti's kitchen wonder how much the old deacon made by orderiu ine not to dark in his door again '" soliloquized the young gen tleman promised him 1 wouldn't but didn't say notion about winders win ders is as good as â€¢!â– â– > rs ef there ain't no innis io u-ar your trowsera unto won der if sally'll come down the critter promised ine i'm affeered to move about here cause 1 might break my shins ver something or other and wake the old folks cold enough to freeze a polish i ear here o hnl'e cine s.illy the beauteous maid descended with a pleasant smile a tallow caudle aud a box of iticifer matches after receiving a rapturous greeting she made a rousing lire in the cooking-stove and the happy couple t down !â€¢â€¢ enjoy the sweet inter he of vows ami hopes uut the course of true love n not a whit si th r in old barberry's kitchen tiian it does '-.â– .. here and 1 u . w ho was just making up i is in i ml to treat himself to a kiss waa startled by the voice of the deacon her lather shouting from his chamber door sally i what are you getting up in the middle of the night for i " lell him it's moal mo ruing whisper ed joe " i can't tell a ti said sally " i'll make it u truth then said joo and i iniiiiig to the huge old fashioned clock that st i iu the corner he set it ut jfive " l...ok at the clock and tell me what time it is cried the old gentleman " ii five by the clock sai.l sal and corroborating her words the clock struck five the lovers sat down again ami resumed their conversation suddenly the stair case began to creak " goodly gracious its father exclaimed sally the deacon by thunder cried joe hide me sally !'"' where can i hide you cried the distracted girl ti 1 know said he i'll squeeze in to the clock case and without anoth er word he concealed himself in the case um i closed the door tl.e deacon was dressed anil seating hi'iisclf hy the ( king btove pulled out ins pipe lighted it ami began deliberate ly to smoke â€¢â€¢ b'ive o'clock oh '." said he " well i shall have time to smoke three or four pipes and then i'll go and feed the crit ters hadn't you better feed the critters fust '.' suggested the dutiful sally no ; smokiii clears my head and wa kens me up replied the deacon who seemed not a whit disposed lo hurry his cu j viiieiit but r r r-r-wliis ding ! ding ding went the clock tormented lightning !" ci ied the 1 lea en starting up and dropping his pipe on the stove ; what'n airth is that i " it's only the clock striking five re plied sally tremulously whiz ding ding ding went the old clock furiously power of creation cried the dea con strikin live ! it's struck more than a hundred times already deacon barberry cried the dea con's better half who had hastily robed herself and now came plunging down the staircase in the wildest slate f alarm what in the universe is the matter with the clock '" goodness only knows replied tbe old man it's beon a hundred years in the familv and it never carried on so afore whiz ding i ding whizzz went the clock again *â€¢ it'll burst itsell (" cried tho old lady shedding a il i of tears and there Â« ou'l be iiothin left of il i it's bewitched !" said the doucon ii in i in ne i a leaven of g,,...l old new england superstition in his nature am how said he afier a pause advancing resolutely towards the clock i'll see what is going on in it i ih don't ciic i in daughter seising ne of his cat tails while ins u ife clung to oiher doii'tl chorused both lhe w omen tt gother " let go my raiment !'' shonted the deacon 1 ain't afeared of the power nf darkness ktii the women wouldn't lei go ; bo the deacon slipped out of ins coat and while from the sudden sensation f resistance th.y fell heavily ti the floor he pitch ed forward and seized thu nob of the clock but it human power could open i it tor joe was holding it from the inside 1 with a death rip the old deacon began to be dreadfully frightened i ie gave die more tug when i an unearthly yell as of a fiend in distress hurst from the inside then the clock case pitched head foremost at the i leacoti fell headlong on the floor smashed its face an.l wrecked iis fair proportions the current of air extinguished the candle â€” the deacon the old lady and sally fled i up stairs and joe may wood extricating himself from the clock effected hi escape iu the same manner in which he entered the next day all appleton was alive with the story of how deacon barberry's clock had been bewitched and although many believed his version vet borne ami especially joe millwood affected to dis credit the whole ii fair and hinted that lhe i *. ac it had been trying the experi ment of tasting frozen cider and that the vagaries of the clock case existed only in a distempered imaginati m however the interdict being takon off joe was allowed t resume his courting and won the assent of the old people to his union with sally by repairing the old clock till it went as well as ever from ihr snuth e'tirtiliinaii dan dooly at the concert . i lteerd that cotton hud rir so i tuck a ad to columby and when i had got thar i heerd a powerful fuss about thai i erg's concert they called it i had no idee what thalberg's concert war and hein mighty an.tslllis to know what it looked like 1 left cotton town and start ed down s treat t hunt it up i come to ne of the all tire lest biggest houses ever i ilul sec whar a llllll crowd was staiitlin round 1 kindei tuck one of em aside ami says i mister can yon tell me whar to find thalberg's concert ?" here rite here says he jest walk up stars and you'll tin i the i infant in the room to the left elefant !" bays 1 so its whar they sh,,w wild beests is it arter al ' 1 wonder what ill the name of thunder they'll call it next first time i ever heerd an elefuilt called a concert as the people war scroiigun ine power ful 1 thought i'd better start up but 1 felt awful skittish of them steps for if you'll bleive me i toy war jest as full of holes as ihev could stick they looked like what the candy lutes over our way would call the n-e.l up shield of hleeiiilt cjunsus i it i war inity keerful and slept close to the edge whar it was stout est 1 expected the cussed thing to brake down more'n a hundred times but it war stand ill when i left when 1 got to the door a inity perlito man axed me for my ticket ticket says i why mis ter it ain't a lexioii is it ' â€” cause if it is i ain't qualerfide to vote i don't live in this district he didn't pay no tenth ii to what 1 said but anscrd rite short well hand over your dollar and go in "( i i grushiis i says i ; pay a hull dol lar to go in tliar f u are jokin ain't you why i seed an elefant wtinee and didn't give but sevenpense noethur 1 eed ho was alter cheat ill ine and the wav i exposed linn riled him 1 enn tell you ik looked as mad as a muzzled mule in a coin patch and told me to stan back and let the ladle pa i give way to the ladies il always does i and when one what he coilldil t see round got be tween us i jest went iu free gratis for n , thin i ruck ill when that lady got out en the door he was sorter sprised at not fi ti c 1 me thar alter i felt share that the feller at the lo.,r warnt cotuin to look for me 1 held up my bed an begun to look about i thaut it war tu purty a place to keep varmints in sum ofthe ittes war liangin on a little slick from the top of the hoiisi â€” they war strung all around the stick iu glass balls and 1 puzzled my lied to know how tbey got iu thar all round the wall thar was brass sticks burn in jest as good as tar-literd they are inity smart people in columby for i don't blieve anybody else could make bras blaze that ar way way up at the fur eend of the room i seed sumthing like u table with two grate big tilings settin on it and 1 bwar i c uildn'l tell wether they war alive or 110 they warnt clel'ants i kiiowcd ; but they bad thar mouths open and grate lows of teeth shin in so 1 know ed ihey must be sum kind of beests they war club footed and looked as shiny as if thar musters had jest greased em bimby a mity purty young lady cum and sot down close by ine she was drest inity nice aud 1 couldn't keep from look in at her 1 eed her keep lookiu down iit her feet inity oucsy like and arter a little i looked tu p-h-e-w i t>aid and started like a sky-rocket for jest as dure in i live thar was a black nake about half a yard long sorter ijm'lod up al her feet 1 iposo it had got away from the man whai kept the lefatit ami other ani mated critters i full the liar on mi had ri-e up on eeild bnt it warn't cordin to human natnr lo leave a fellei critter iu iiislm-s i jesl thaiit i'd ketch it by the tale ami sling it up on the table with them shiny monsters i fetch it n jerk but it war no g for it had quiled up so among the lady's close that it wouldn't let go ycpting they let g tu she jump ed up ami sorter screamed f,,r human natnr ctihl stan it no longer when she jumped up the sarpinl slipped outen my hand and 1 never laid eves n it again i'll lllll ve my sea " s ihe to the fel ler what come w : and her voice trimbled for she , dreadful skeered the mail never said ntithin but belt bis bed down ami shuck like lie had the thnrd-day ager he war was skeered than her 1 thaiit somebody ought to i say buinthin to ber so 1 said i would miss â€” i'm gwine to mnve tn ;" and i did just as i sot down all the people be gan to stamp down on the floor as if the man what made the bouse did not finish the job but left the nails to be druv in the floor and they war diiviu em in with thar shiise they made sich a dreadful tloize two men cum rillinili oilt'll a little rooin back thar and jumped up on the table wliar them animals war 1 sped lliey thaiit they wnr broke lusu line of , the fellows sol down by one of vui aud put his band iu its mouth ; it du not bile but 1 tell you it growled awfully the other feller stood up thar and sting sum thin iu dutch or some other liethili tunc arter a while they run back and j.'.st a sooii as they left the people sot up thar tioizc agin so out eiiui one of the fel lers and one ofthe purtyest young lady a ' l i ever did see she war all drcst up in i white with a big red holyhook oil ber busim i thaut shure tbey war goin to be married ; but tbey wasn't he went i to play iu with that critter ami she sungl sum more dutch luuil.y two ofetn got i i to siugin at wuncc ami a young feller what sot next to me latl'fd ami said they went it a la screach owl and a la bull : yearlin what's tbey doin mister said i.l yon can look at the program sais be i : hatldin ine a strip of paper the pro i what i sais i he crumpled the paper : up and said sumthin about greenhorns i looked up and thar sot a feller rite he fore me true as gospel with a pair of horns groin over uiseves but they warn't | green tho they had brass rings round em ' like our ole nook's i never felt so maz ed afore in all my born days presently he tuck em down aud then i found out that he war shainmiii and did not have no horns at all i told the young chap that the man with horns war a humbug tiiat i seed bim take em off the way , that young feller lulled at him was out , ritjiis i tell you if anybody wur to lutf at dan dooly that way they'd fuel the i wate of his fist bimby tie ofthe fellers ou in out ami and hid a rcglar battle with one of litem big-mouthed critters on the table an i other cum out and fiddled fur him to cheer him oil i reekin the tiddler handled his bo inity purty i felt like etittin the pigon wing but i wur fread of that feller at the door the man what â– tit with the beest banged it out soundly i tell you he made it r.,rc ! i don't think it will ever lie able to eat with tin in teth ] ; agin it didn't seem to please the peo ple that he whip i it tho for they throde bunches of - mis at him i spose they wur way up thar and couldn't j git anything else to chunk bim with but the man what throde tbe blossoms got shamed of it and sot down as quick be fore anybody could see him they got mad with thu fiddler before lie was dun and chunked him to sum of them fellers had to stay out thar all the time ; jist as soon as they'd leave the people would make sicli a noize they'd have to cum rite back i seed sum fellers go fast to sleep ami the stompiii would wake em up and then they'd stomp loader than anybody else i when the people begun to leave 1 cum out in itv keerful and made the tallest kind of tracks for cotton town bunky boa honorary degreet â€” some fel low has been swindling people in kng land by sending them notices of honorary \ i degrees being conferred mi them by vari j ous colleges in the l'nited states and re questing about 42 for the payment ofi | the necessary foes these letters were i sent to persons distinguished iu law lite | rattire ami the church there are no present means of ascertaining the extent j , of the swindle nor the amount â€ž( money wrung out of ambitious gentlemen on the other side of the atlantic to the tune of 5 10s apiece the fraud it is supposed originates iu knglaml â€¢ -â™¦â– â€¢ lurijr.it church in the united stale â€” the african church in ticlimoud va has long been the largest church in this country though it is now second in point of numbers to the church in beaufort s c of which rev 1 m (.'. breaker is ; i-t,,r tins clergyman write t the examiner " i have baptised 565 persons in the fellowship of the baptist burch at this place beaufort 8 c within the present year ls57 all of whom are col ored but eight ; and this makes the pre sent number of its membership 3,511 probably the large t church in the world lit these 180 arc whites all the rest colored â€” uth carolinian l'i in the l'r..l let sb another word messrs enrroaa your correspondent ' unt il.m thinks that snough has iâ€”n isid aboul donations and donation parties perhaps et l list i ti baid in ih iii favor bul not quite enough nil liter side i believe ti.it Â» minittei . hould have a competent salarv and should nol be t luglu to r.-lv on donation partita nr tempt i to think of gratuities a plan whiob make a greal how of charity is objectionable ifh people meing that their pastor is needy desiti â– to give i im special aid lei them 1 il iii a i'm rate unostentatious manner " when thou i ln.-l alius let not thv left inn i know tv hat tin right hand doetb people bate been known to remember and to present their gifts while thev forgnt or neglected in pav th.-ir debts a iiii a plan which constrain people lojrive whether they are willing not ia objectionable ii...l approves only the cl rful giver sndl i ihould lesire im other bul Â» sen us ob jection to donation patties and to gratuities ia litis the gifts usually fall into the wrong hands the pasture win bave large and perhaps oom < patent salaries reoeive the presents and the i pastors tthn have small and insdequste salaries generally receive nothing ii w then 1 in nation parties beneol the needy minislei ! i oes it help him to hear that i r k of city re ceived a purs main kg one thousand dollars in gold ' or tliat i r k of city received a i boure and lot vslned at ten thousand dollars , i thai mr li pastol of the strong and affluent . church of 11 -. received a borne rtli one i hundred slid fifty dollars i or that mr k who also has a large and wealthy church and who || lias no family received iwo or three hundred i , dollar iu money and goods ( such news if il . , does not cause the poor minister to envy hi , more fortunate brother will at least make him i feel a little in re keenly his own destitute an i l.irluru condition ut um â– no j , 1 â€” siu-ring at funerals l an appropriate l'saltn or llvmn sung at al funeral is a grateful and useful aervice it pr pares tbe mind fur the truth and deepens its impressions far more impressive often than the able seriuoii or eloquent address and what s comfort to the mourners '. what a balm lo rounded hearts ! the writer invs recently attended two funeral of pers ns who died in the lord ; the one iu a lull aohuol-houae iu a new settlement in maine and the other in a crowded chut h in tb city of new vork al the former the little choir sung to the tune hamburgh in distinct and subdued ton mrs liarbauld's beautiful hymn : " how blest tl righuoaa when b li<-a when sinks iui weary mail lo rt-Â«l !" the words distinctly uttered the music ten derly sung and the sentiment clearly s.-eu w.-nt to il.e heart it was an eloquent ong i left the subdued audience in tear the sermon followed must have been a failure but for tts lext kev xiv 18 blesaed are the dead who die ill the lord iicing in sentiment and spirit in harmony with tbe song such a funeral mr rice it was worth n journey ut four hundred in ilea to witness io feel and improve i'he city funeral service also opened with a song by the small choir it was a voluntary , commenced by a female voice il ther parts including the organ in due tune falling in but what was " piped or harped who can tell w as it an italian < ipera song ! perhaps so it was in tbat style ; but why produced un such nu occasion i " there are it mav be lays the | apostle i'aul su many kinds of tones in the world and none of them is without signifies ' nun uut what did the voice of that song sig ' inly i the writer could nut hear one syllable i j as to determine its sentiment or its language , i here was an " uncertain sound like verv like , a march squall dubious dry and win ily r lhe wail ul kiud mourners st an atnieiil hebrew i lun ral but equally destitute of sense sentiment ; ' snd feeling tins over the other services pro-f â– led instructively and impressively lil un closing hymn : j : " hear what the v.ii.-e fr.iiu heaven proclaims ki.r all ihe i,.us deud ii was tenderly and beautifully read ; but the i singing iu a tune familiar probably iu none but lite members of tbe liulo choir repealing i tbe second and fourth lines f each verse ami the wbule rendered sn indistinctly and iu a voice su unnatural as tu defeat the gnat pur|m,se of intelligent devotion â€” a }'. hivangeliat the singing 8tuuknt b<>y many years ago a student boy was seen and beard in lhe streels of au ancient town singing lie was a stout plainly-dressed boy but in faoe wa pale and ins eves were s..â€ži b rid tearful his voice was moat musical and the tonga he sang were in beautiful word snd about sacred things every tune be rim-li i a ng be step ped to the duor ol a hulls and gate a gentle tap \\ hen it was opened be said in bumble tulles ; '* please give a poor student buy a morsel of bread begone with thee ih.,u beggar's child was lhe rough reply that met his ear as the pour child shrank iron lite dour steps thus driven from d.sjr tu door he sang his iweet aonga until bis body was weary anil hia h.-itrl sad s.arcelv able to stand lie at last turned liis steps homeward striking liis noble forehead with ins band be said : 14 1 must go hoina to my father's bouse aod be content to live by the sweat of ray brow i'rovidence has no loftier destiny for ine 1 bave trodden out ins paths by aiming higher j ii.-t at tliat moment ursula gotta a burg her's Â» fe who had heard hi songs and seen linn driveo from her neighbors doors f.-u her heart yearn with p t y t rtr d t |, e helpless boy she opened iter d.s.r beckoned to the young aingcr smiled sweetly upon bim and iu tones that suuuded like heavenly melodies to tils ear said : " come in poor boy and refresh tbvself st my table "' happy little singer ' how he enjoyed that delicious meal and when ihe g..,â€žl dame snd her husband lold bim to make their bouse li - future home ins heart melted with eyes blinded by tears be looked in the face of his ft lends and aid ; " i shall nuw pursue m v studies without be ing obliged to beg my bread from grudging hands 1 intil hate you sir for a father you iweel ursuls fur a mother mt heart * once more learn lo lute i sball ut bappiei than 1 can express 1 after thai day iks it ing boy studied hard snd Â». ii veers :,â€¢â€¢â– rwsrda lbs world heard at him f,,r i was he who ottered bin rotes againet i'opery slid became tin . hiefof lhat reforms i ..,, wbich ne n open hi bis to the world iii mt in was 1 tin is j.i | || u i outage ti n j bo ' i 11 may bs fri.-n-l snd in lm nn i dsj . v mat bevs i plod 1 1 rough rials snd toil unobeered by the tn â€¢ - ofevao a iwsst i i-iini uut ti v.r unii i i'ln.l away sink to tu.k uml inn 1 â– nr t y u . bs bas i work tor you to do sad it u urn faul ml um true !,.- will in lu pot ti mt rooi propsf p ..... iml ou sunday st hoot a â€¢ /â€¢â– ... inlliii lire of soug fast f ii imt experienced tin hnury of i.-i.rs when listening lo att t.i i ballad we know hi iiii mini who having live i Â» tana ea ner of vice in eilllll ttas iii length l(a(ll-ll.s from il.e country : snd who while undergoing in period of banishment amidel tin wilds and jungles of a distant land heard in the summer eventide a iweel voice tinging in in own ian pruage the very aong which bad fulled bim to in in i no ilumber when be knew crime i.v name sad knew it milt in abhor it bad been sung to hy the cradle of un infat t sister one win had died young snd now wasm baavsn the moth st loo wi im more hut ibe song â€” the ok aong bad not l.Â«t ita influence otur liiiii yet back earns trooping upon i un tl.e old memorise which intil no long lumbered down there in lbs onconaomsd depths fin heart th mother snd the father ihe tion bolil gathering j ibe old scl l-hooee tbe liin.'-w.irii church iiiiii iii |, |. ii by tli wid vhw tries where lie bad lirsl bawd i'm bible rind ill kin back upoa l.un an fi...l ,.., if it were yesterday ; and overpowered by lus feelings he ave rent to th in in sqood of lean andthea ilu old hutu grew calm snd bis latter days t â€¢ his best days and when tbe term of im puoiibmont bad expired he osme book to bis isulsr's land and there in that old tillage grave laid mm i wl grassy hillocks !Â«* played and gambolled and where lbs mother nnd bar little ones were sleeping he laid j,,Â»n hia weary littihs and sank peacefully swaj lata a common grave hi.i/.a look's joikmal hunger it a man in go health has not eaten any thing for some days be will dis if lie eau liner lily \\ hen persons are found in an almost tsrving condition light rood in small quanti ties in,,l at shod intervals ia essential lo safety ll.e reason is that as so00 as wt begiu lo feel hungry tbe stomach rolls nnd works about and continue lo do so unless satislied till il is so exbausled thai there is scarcely any vital ener gy ; it is literally almosl tired to death and ihen lore digestion la performed slowly and with goal difficulty hence wheu a person has been kept from eating several hours beyood his usual lime instead of eating fast and hearti ly he should lake ins food wiib deliberation and only half as much as if lie int eaten at the regular lime sudden and severe illness baa resulted from a want of this precaution and sometimes death l.u followed alligators nesls these nesis aayt lyell the geologist resem ble haycocks thei are four feet high and ave i.-ei tn diameter at their bases being construct ed with grass and herbage mist they deposit tlieir eggs it a floor of mortar and having cov er.d this wiih a stratum of mnd and herbage eight in lies thick lay another s,-t of ens uiÂ»ob i imi and so on in th toil there being common j ly from one to two hundred egg in a n.-st â€” ' w uh their trails they then beat down round the j i-sl the dense grass and weeds ave feet high to i prevent the approach of unseen enemies the , female watches ber eggs nil tbey are hatched j by the ileal of the stin and th.ti lakes tbe brood under her own care defending them and provid ing for their subsistence dr lutaemberg of n < irleans told me tbat lie once packed up one ot ihese nests wiih the eggs in a box for the mu seum ol st petersburg hm was reooromended before he closed ii io see tliat there was no dan ger ot the egg lieing hatched on the vovage ' n opening one a young alligator walked out and walloon followed by tbe rest aliout a bun dled whicli he fed in his house where they went up and down stairs whining and barking like young puppies dr johnson on preaching boswell says : â€” " i talked of preaching and of the great success which those called mellio dista have obtained johnson answered ; " sir ii is owing lo tlieir expressing themselves in a plain an.l familiar manner which is tbe only way to do good to the common people and which clergymen of oommou genius and learn ing ought to do from a principle of duly when it is sinied to their congregation f..r which thev will be praised by men of sense to insist against drunkenness as debasing reason lhe no blest faculty â– â– ( man would be of no service to the common | pie ; but telling ihem tbat tbey ni'iv die in a lii of drunkenness cannot fail to make an impression at a party in ed in burg one of the guests observed her 6on charles eating rather more voraciously than the law of even northern etiquette allowed she watched for un opportunity and gave him one of those significant looks which only mothers uml elder sisters can command but in8tead of stopping charles said to bis mamma "< h ye needna look and nod ; for me to stop ye ken this was washing day and i got nue dinner we regret to learn from the proceed ings of the meeting of the spartanburg and union railroad company held in : this village on yesterday that the pros i pects ofthe roau are quite gloomy we understand that the president will proba ; bly resign in the course of thirty days ! when the whole mutter will be turned over to the creditors tho proceedings will appear in our next â€” unionvilu jour iuti 29m ult . â™¦- â€¢ trifiet â€” a gentleman engaged iui ar tist to execute a piece ,,(' sculpture for him visiting hia study after an absence f several weeks it seemed to him that the artist had made little progress â€” " what have vou been doing ( ' a.-ked the gentleman of the artist " working on this figure " l.ut i see nothing done since my lust visit " why answered the artist â€¢- i have brought out this in us , de ; i hava altered this part of the dress i have slightly changed the expression of the lip " i'.ut these are tl he a i the gentleman true sir replied the artist " but perf tion id mode up ,/ triju ..." happiness it is not gi iior highststion which makes a man happj msi ofthe most wretch , , 1 '.. iiiga ti i itb hut i lit lie trials and to ei a hich sppioesi ft it i.l.-ui of

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j f bruxer editor li proi'uiktok i 111 "â€” man one evening at i rook -. " is ii bad as talking of u fir-j to it until w ho im been burned out and ost all hisprop rtv hi the dames to mu ii an extern was this s cics l robbery carried ul one time pr . vincial or couniry notes were issued for gums as low us throe pence ulnl-t those for six shilling were actually coautcd high another gonllewnn having ex preened buinfieineiit at this state ol thing the first speaker ve the follow ing instance of the truth of ,. s assertion : " i once ii , i j nn it 1 a large party of english ladies and gclltlcilllloll to thai enchanting spot where having amused ourselves for a lew days we were mi the point of returning to dublin when otic of the party recollected lhal he had in liis possession a handful of ilu saddler paper aoounhngli we all set out by way of sp it to have "â– mh fed ; our princi pal object being to see and converse with the proprietor of u.-li a bank " lla int entered the shop u inch hare iv sufficed to admit tin um i inpauy ue found the banking saddler hard al u.irk making a saddle one of the ken e n tlein.'ii thus addressed hull : good in tiling to v ui ir i presume too are the gentleman of lhe lioll '* ' at your sen ice ladies and gclltlc in ti returned i io saddler " * it is n i understand the bank is kept 1 continued ny friend *â€¢ â€¢ vou are just right sir replied the mechanic this is the ki hartley hank for want of l belter " m v frier i ben said : ' we are on the ovoof quitting your town and as wehave home few of your notes which will be i no manner ,â€¢! use to us else here i'll thank jtou to . h them the bank.-r replied : cash plase yonr honor what t thai i is it any tiling in the leather line i have a beautiful saddle here a ever was put across a horse g.mi.l ami cheap upon mv av so i|..w much of my notes have you sir if you please r this ijt.n n required some time for nn answer calculation being nccessar : at length my friend counted theni out a - follows : x â– 1 tlirn notra fcir i.-j each .... ii u 1 i i ira in t ra ii - - . . li i - two sol Â« or 6^4 rwh .... u i i tliria n a f..r ' -. â– en h it - l..urllia 1 li lliirnrii .... ii u v'i two n r..r i i ... eh .... ti i c una t,..i v i it r ....,- thirleen â– i 1 i i in note t..r 1 i.i 0 16 ( ii ii . i t.x i tii or tiir thirl -. tl 3 11 ( or ih.lr t llir.-r _||>] i|l|..-j .' ball peiwe ,.. threa n,.rt mil â€¢ i lf 0 3 91 au is . there sir said be arc no h--s than sixteen of your promises t pay for the amazingly large sum of fifteen shillings and nin pc iv veiling money "â€¢ by tho powers it's yer honor may say that thing for if veil iu mane true to the backbone it's the ivillanu . n tes will keep out for the vear round without no changing at all all " * no , imi l.t no doubt said our spokes man ' bill we are on the eve of departure ami shall require change on oiir jonrney " * yc will requiro the same thing sure enough bul ! vow to my â€¢>.,,! ive no more silver money in the place nor these four tun ' inies a few haptirs as isn't wnrth yonr lordship's notice flood heavens sir returned lhe gentleman ' h.*w i it possible that vou carry on iho banking business on bo bicii der a capital i â€¢â€¢ â€¢ ( ih ! li v the it kev aisy enough my dear replied too banker * lliecratursure delighted to have my beautiful notes for thei . verv little other money stiring in these parts ami they buy their potati and buttermilk with them and s the notes a-s..-i from one to anotlier verj comfortably .' -â€¢ â€¢ but you are continually liable to have ihem sent in upon you t..r then val ue observed one of the coinpaiiy that's true ein ugh yer worship whenever any ofthe farmen Â« ants a horse collar or a - chile r other harness they brings me a handful of the paper ami it s myself never refused to give them a good article in exchange do you ineaii to say then coutiti tied the gentleman ' that your notes are never required to be cashed cashed echoed the banker ' is it changed ye mane (' " * certainly replied the querist "' it's that same is a greal expense to mc the cra"nr brings me back the notes when tbey get mild ami ragged ; and it's myself never yet refused to change them for beautiful new ones from dublin city and puts my name to them to make ihem go lhe fisler " here the whole party finding it im possible to restrain their mirth set up a loud hlioitt of laughter upon which the banker thus ct n tinned : "' upon my say so i'm right glad lo find so worshipful a company eujoi their merriment ; but it's myself kn â– â– Â«-. well the power ,,' money it c..-is t get them engraved so beautiful and to gel them j.rilitcil on such nice thick paper ave live mu ircd at a time "' don't you mean lo say then said the first gentleman ' that the holders of y,,ur notes never demand the lawful mo ooy of the country in exchange for them ?' sure yer lordship isn't thu notes themselves lawful money enough any tow but it's silver ye mane f certainly returned querist ' ' ' h by the powers !' replied the han ker the people hereabouts wouldn't in biill me by axing the question if thev did may-hy the bank would gtop pay ment and tlttn there would he no money ut all at all no they would bo sorry to do any such thing ; thev give the notes ,( 0 another when they're tired of keep ing them or when they want to buy anv tiling i get mora boddhor axiug yer honors pardon in changing the notes for the gentry as comes to see the hakes than irom all the rest ,,' mv paper pui together the big divil fly an ay with the lakes of killarney say i then 1 presume sir said tho en tleinan holding m the notes * wa have no occasion to waste mom time in endea voring to ehtain payment for this parcel of paper ofyours .'' 1 nhotild be sorry uiost noble sir f0litm hat^immt dn)0tf ta pjlitir5 linos internal jitpradcmrnts tain.rrr tljc an srifnrrs jttoralitij an tljr amilp firrlr vol xiv salisbury n c february l6 1858 number 38 returned the banker to waste anv more ol your lordship s time nr nf those swoel beautiful ladies aud gentlemen ; bul i ve uu illegal bridle here us isn'i to '"' matched in i up aisho africkv i mericn ; n lowest price ii i '.} i ; we'll gay 5 i ,,, v . r iiirduhip if ye'll lie planed to accept u ih re will he two pence hall peimj , ,, r a thr e penny note coining to yer lordship and thai will close ihe biihinesh al once lluully su hiiid tin gentleman laughing â€¢ 1 have i ccasiuu for the bri dle it would only bean incumbrance to 1 1 1 ..." " ' may i have the boldness then to a-k when ver lord-hip will la e town '' iii.juired the banker â€¢* ' ' nr carriages are al the door of the inn rejoined the gentleman ; â€¢ ami we i ail the adjustment of this affair . with v nn bank " â€¢ how very unfortunate !' exclaimed tho i inker scratching his head * bul | as neither saddle nor bridle lie in yonr lordship's way if you would but just de lay y.nir journey until the c.i'k mail .â– lines in 1 expect by the coach a thirty shilling bank of irelunder and then we'll settle the business in uj ilv though up on my deed ami dot d and double deed yÂ»u have li â– . islon to he in lliu i.-av . dread r uneasiness aboul the note be cause d'yo see us bow tin re is not a banker from this to dublin aye or in galwuv ihat would uol he proud t take ja k bryan's paper that n.l so y certain my good fellow returned tlm gentleman ' i'be people on the road know ns to be stran gers and they will require payment iu the legal coin of the realm â€¢â€¢ - l'i a v ii said the banker eagerly â€¢ s _\ . r honor mane to ink the road to mill street i because as h>.w you must go that way anyhow there being no nth er < hi i hen it is there mr c.ttor will be glad to s,-e go fine a company at ln hotel and joyful will be he to entertain Â« ith the best both for man and horse i t,,r the notes of ti.e killaruey bank 'â€¢ it being in vain to think of any ex | change of this non-circulating medium â– tlm english gentleman not attaching the â– same inn i la ce i i it as â€¢ ..â– banker the p.irty wished iiim a good morning and took their leave laughing heartily at hu ' adventure " lt is an ill wind however which iowa nobody good when the partv ar n i ed t i ,- inn door they found the car i iages surrounded by nearly two hundred unfortunate mendicants among whom the gentlemen let fly their note in order t nave a passage cleared and t â€¢ *. > k their 1 departure whilst the miserable creatures were scrambling for the alms laugh if you choose in reading his story but while you laugh recollect thai iir american hanks even the best f ih in conduct their business on the same principle us the banker of ki harney â€” i i..-y all pay tlieir old notes by giving new ones in exchange fin them ami if the people shotil ! â€¢â€¢ insult " tiie n vork ami i in gland banks i.v demanding g and silver in payment for bul one all the paper the bin u in cii dilution â– : liey u mild all " stop pai ment in one respect the kilhirnev bunk niii-i lie regarded as resting ou tar in re â– solid principles than most of ur ameri can hunks though its proprietor could not pay silver he never it seems refused : to give a sad lie a bridle or something clsi possessing intrinsic value in ex change for his notes and tins is more â€¢ than can he baid ol most of our hunks . â€¢Â» â€¢ a fighting preacher when our revolution war first broke out anil congress called upon the sever al siaies to tiirnish regular regiments for the continental line peter mulileiiburg a pastor iu the tenth legion mounted 1 j his pulpit one tine morning told his coll ' gregation lie was going to the wars and â– exhorted as many of them as could raise the p luck to follow his example his words k like wild tire a regiment was ooit ruined an.l peter himself was ap pointed colonel never was there a bet ter choice peter fought even better than . he prayed lis regiment was every where â€¢ where hard knocks were going oil â€” at trenton at princeton at brandy wine at , germantown at monmouth at 1 urktown ' and peter was altvavs at the head of his regiment so prominent was he upon such occasions lhat with some of ll ia ad mii'ei's lie obtained the name of devil 1 pete while by the army generally lie whs known as the " fighting parson lli i-kill seems to have been equal to his gal f inn t rv , for in a short time he became a general and was one among the moat highly esteemed of washington's officers i he wan a striking example of the fact that a man makes none the worse soldier for serving his creator wild fidelity gen llavelock seems to have been ll â€¢ i man of very much the same building of gen mulileiiburg 11 was one of the genuine old-school cromwellian breed a real " fear the lord and keep your-pow der dry â€” generation he preached t ' , his men â€” he pravot with them and even i baptized tbem on one occasion he was court-martialed for this offence an in â€¢ iquiry iuto tiie state of his regiment prov â€¢ ed so satisfactory tiiat the governor gen â€¢ ' eral said he wished in would baptize the whole army now the exploits of this v ii.hu and bis little force are absolutely i marvellous he has shown all the pial ities of a great officer one worthy to take his place by the side of wellington and i mai lb rough they have shown all the â– ; qualities of the best and bravest soldiers i they fought six battles in six days each i time agaiust odds of ten to one and were victorious every time tbey marched ilirnii_.il a swamp of foes drilling nl uv ity step in the im ruing climate of iml ia nt tin rule ct title n r twenty miles h day llicv imi lured llio i(v thev were nt to relieve ami were immediately sur roundel and shut in i.v twenty limes their ntimlier n ing daunted the f held mi for months lighting and victori ii every day i ! living ii|,on a few ounces t'l i iee m il li ml any of the nana supplies of i'm an soldiers al lust they were relieved and the old parson im i the glor nnd satisfaction of having hi lii iiidumitahle bravery perseverance ami skill saved ihe livei of hundred f iiiu countrymen ! we cannot think of these things nf i i.l nun's simplici ty iiiu i lesty ami iiiu greul explu withoiil feeling n disposition t.i throw up iir hats and limit i â– >â€¢â– > t an.l long t'..r tn bravo old " baptist i'reacher the exploits of llavelock and his men dissipate i.n idea long entertained in en gland uml openly avowed bya loriner ministry that the more profligate the ar my the better the soldiers liisotir tirm | belief ilnit honesty morality and above all n in/inn are essential t man in per f.irimiiice nf earthly duty oven the duty t'a soldier and hereafter it e ever hear 1 unii dispute this j it wo shall point to fighting old llavelock and bis glori ous regimeut of true blue baptists in stippnrt f nur opinion depend upon it t soldier does noi light the w orse for com iiieiiding his s..u t.i ins maker it he fall liichiiiontl ii ni \ yankee story tin fiuiiiy liiiiius iu the english pa i .. rs derive in re , 1 their stuns for smiles from journals in this country than from any other source we lind iu one of them this ludicrous anc-dote of the bewitched c'oek about half past eleven o'clock tt sun day night a human leg enveloped in blue broad cloth might have been seen entering i leact in < lepbas i larberry's kitch eu window the leg was followed dual ly by the entire person of ii live yankee attired in his sunday go to meet in clothes it un.s in short joe maywu.nl who thus burglariously won his way iuto the dea \ coti's kitchen wonder how much the old deacon made by orderiu ine not to dark in his door again '" soliloquized the young gen tleman promised him 1 wouldn't but didn't say notion about winders win ders is as good as â€¢!â– â– > rs ef there ain't no innis io u-ar your trowsera unto won der if sally'll come down the critter promised ine i'm affeered to move about here cause 1 might break my shins ver something or other and wake the old folks cold enough to freeze a polish i ear here o hnl'e cine s.illy the beauteous maid descended with a pleasant smile a tallow caudle aud a box of iticifer matches after receiving a rapturous greeting she made a rousing lire in the cooking-stove and the happy couple t down !â€¢â€¢ enjoy the sweet inter he of vows ami hopes uut the course of true love n not a whit si th r in old barberry's kitchen tiian it does '-.â– .. here and 1 u . w ho was just making up i is in i ml to treat himself to a kiss waa startled by the voice of the deacon her lather shouting from his chamber door sally i what are you getting up in the middle of the night for i " lell him it's moal mo ruing whisper ed joe " i can't tell a ti said sally " i'll make it u truth then said joo and i iniiiiig to the huge old fashioned clock that st i iu the corner he set it ut jfive " l...ok at the clock and tell me what time it is cried the old gentleman " ii five by the clock sai.l sal and corroborating her words the clock struck five the lovers sat down again ami resumed their conversation suddenly the stair case began to creak " goodly gracious its father exclaimed sally the deacon by thunder cried joe hide me sally !'"' where can i hide you cried the distracted girl ti 1 know said he i'll squeeze in to the clock case and without anoth er word he concealed himself in the case um i closed the door tl.e deacon was dressed anil seating hi'iisclf hy the ( king btove pulled out ins pipe lighted it ami began deliberate ly to smoke â€¢â€¢ b'ive o'clock oh '." said he " well i shall have time to smoke three or four pipes and then i'll go and feed the crit ters hadn't you better feed the critters fust '.' suggested the dutiful sally no ; smokiii clears my head and wa kens me up replied the deacon who seemed not a whit disposed lo hurry his cu j viiieiit but r r r-r-wliis ding ! ding ding went the clock tormented lightning !" ci ied the 1 lea en starting up and dropping his pipe on the stove ; what'n airth is that i " it's only the clock striking five re plied sally tremulously whiz ding ding ding went the old clock furiously power of creation cried the dea con strikin live ! it's struck more than a hundred times already deacon barberry cried the dea con's better half who had hastily robed herself and now came plunging down the staircase in the wildest slate f alarm what in the universe is the matter with the clock '" goodness only knows replied tbe old man it's beon a hundred years in the familv and it never carried on so afore whiz ding i ding whizzz went the clock again *â€¢ it'll burst itsell (" cried tho old lady shedding a il i of tears and there Â« ou'l be iiothin left of il i it's bewitched !" said the doucon ii in i in ne i a leaven of g,,...l old new england superstition in his nature am how said he afier a pause advancing resolutely towards the clock i'll see what is going on in it i ih don't ciic i in daughter seising ne of his cat tails while ins u ife clung to oiher doii'tl chorused both lhe w omen tt gother " let go my raiment !'' shonted the deacon 1 ain't afeared of the power nf darkness ktii the women wouldn't lei go ; bo the deacon slipped out of ins coat and while from the sudden sensation f resistance th.y fell heavily ti the floor he pitch ed forward and seized thu nob of the clock but it human power could open i it tor joe was holding it from the inside 1 with a death rip the old deacon began to be dreadfully frightened i ie gave die more tug when i an unearthly yell as of a fiend in distress hurst from the inside then the clock case pitched head foremost at the i leacoti fell headlong on the floor smashed its face an.l wrecked iis fair proportions the current of air extinguished the candle â€” the deacon the old lady and sally fled i up stairs and joe may wood extricating himself from the clock effected hi escape iu the same manner in which he entered the next day all appleton was alive with the story of how deacon barberry's clock had been bewitched and although many believed his version vet borne ami especially joe millwood affected to dis credit the whole ii fair and hinted that lhe i *. ac it had been trying the experi ment of tasting frozen cider and that the vagaries of the clock case existed only in a distempered imaginati m however the interdict being takon off joe was allowed t resume his courting and won the assent of the old people to his union with sally by repairing the old clock till it went as well as ever from ihr snuth e'tirtiliinaii dan dooly at the concert . i lteerd that cotton hud rir so i tuck a ad to columby and when i had got thar i heerd a powerful fuss about thai i erg's concert they called it i had no idee what thalberg's concert war and hein mighty an.tslllis to know what it looked like 1 left cotton town and start ed down s treat t hunt it up i come to ne of the all tire lest biggest houses ever i ilul sec whar a llllll crowd was staiitlin round 1 kindei tuck one of em aside ami says i mister can yon tell me whar to find thalberg's concert ?" here rite here says he jest walk up stars and you'll tin i the i infant in the room to the left elefant !" bays 1 so its whar they sh,,w wild beests is it arter al ' 1 wonder what ill the name of thunder they'll call it next first time i ever heerd an elefuilt called a concert as the people war scroiigun ine power ful 1 thought i'd better start up but 1 felt awful skittish of them steps for if you'll bleive me i toy war jest as full of holes as ihev could stick they looked like what the candy lutes over our way would call the n-e.l up shield of hleeiiilt cjunsus i it i war inity keerful and slept close to the edge whar it was stout est 1 expected the cussed thing to brake down more'n a hundred times but it war stand ill when i left when 1 got to the door a inity perlito man axed me for my ticket ticket says i why mis ter it ain't a lexioii is it ' â€” cause if it is i ain't qualerfide to vote i don't live in this district he didn't pay no tenth ii to what 1 said but anscrd rite short well hand over your dollar and go in "( i i grushiis i says i ; pay a hull dol lar to go in tliar f u are jokin ain't you why i seed an elefant wtinee and didn't give but sevenpense noethur 1 eed ho was alter cheat ill ine and the wav i exposed linn riled him 1 enn tell you ik looked as mad as a muzzled mule in a coin patch and told me to stan back and let the ladle pa i give way to the ladies il always does i and when one what he coilldil t see round got be tween us i jest went iu free gratis for n , thin i ruck ill when that lady got out en the door he was sorter sprised at not fi ti c 1 me thar alter i felt share that the feller at the lo.,r warnt cotuin to look for me 1 held up my bed an begun to look about i thaut it war tu purty a place to keep varmints in sum ofthe ittes war liangin on a little slick from the top of the hoiisi â€” they war strung all around the stick iu glass balls and 1 puzzled my lied to know how tbey got iu thar all round the wall thar was brass sticks burn in jest as good as tar-literd they are inity smart people in columby for i don't blieve anybody else could make bras blaze that ar way way up at the fur eend of the room i seed sumthing like u table with two grate big tilings settin on it and 1 bwar i c uildn'l tell wether they war alive or 110 they warnt clel'ants i kiiowcd ; but they bad thar mouths open and grate lows of teeth shin in so 1 know ed ihey must be sum kind of beests they war club footed and looked as shiny as if thar musters had jest greased em bimby a mity purty young lady cum and sot down close by ine she was drest inity nice aud 1 couldn't keep from look in at her 1 eed her keep lookiu down iit her feet inity oucsy like and arter a little i looked tu p-h-e-w i t>aid and started like a sky-rocket for jest as dure in i live thar was a black nake about half a yard long sorter ijm'lod up al her feet 1 iposo it had got away from the man whai kept the lefatit ami other ani mated critters i full the liar on mi had ri-e up on eeild bnt it warn't cordin to human natnr lo leave a fellei critter iu iiislm-s i jesl thaiit i'd ketch it by the tale ami sling it up on the table with them shiny monsters i fetch it n jerk but it war no g for it had quiled up so among the lady's close that it wouldn't let go ycpting they let g tu she jump ed up ami sorter screamed f,,r human natnr ctihl stan it no longer when she jumped up the sarpinl slipped outen my hand and 1 never laid eves n it again i'll lllll ve my sea " s ihe to the fel ler what come w : and her voice trimbled for she , dreadful skeered the mail never said ntithin but belt bis bed down ami shuck like lie had the thnrd-day ager he war was skeered than her 1 thaiit somebody ought to i say buinthin to ber so 1 said i would miss â€” i'm gwine to mnve tn ;" and i did just as i sot down all the people be gan to stamp down on the floor as if the man what made the bouse did not finish the job but left the nails to be druv in the floor and they war diiviu em in with thar shiise they made sich a dreadful tloize two men cum rillinili oilt'll a little rooin back thar and jumped up on the table wliar them animals war 1 sped lliey thaiit they wnr broke lusu line of , the fellows sol down by one of vui aud put his band iu its mouth ; it du not bile but 1 tell you it growled awfully the other feller stood up thar and sting sum thin iu dutch or some other liethili tunc arter a while they run back and j.'.st a sooii as they left the people sot up thar tioizc agin so out eiiui one of the fel lers and one ofthe purtyest young lady a ' l i ever did see she war all drcst up in i white with a big red holyhook oil ber busim i thaut shure tbey war goin to be married ; but tbey wasn't he went i to play iu with that critter ami she sungl sum more dutch luuil.y two ofetn got i i to siugin at wuncc ami a young feller what sot next to me latl'fd ami said they went it a la screach owl and a la bull : yearlin what's tbey doin mister said i.l yon can look at the program sais be i : hatldin ine a strip of paper the pro i what i sais i he crumpled the paper : up and said sumthin about greenhorns i looked up and thar sot a feller rite he fore me true as gospel with a pair of horns groin over uiseves but they warn't | green tho they had brass rings round em ' like our ole nook's i never felt so maz ed afore in all my born days presently he tuck em down aud then i found out that he war shainmiii and did not have no horns at all i told the young chap that the man with horns war a humbug tiiat i seed bim take em off the way , that young feller lulled at him was out , ritjiis i tell you if anybody wur to lutf at dan dooly that way they'd fuel the i wate of his fist bimby tie ofthe fellers ou in out ami and hid a rcglar battle with one of litem big-mouthed critters on the table an i other cum out and fiddled fur him to cheer him oil i reekin the tiddler handled his bo inity purty i felt like etittin the pigon wing but i wur fread of that feller at the door the man what â– tit with the beest banged it out soundly i tell you he made it r.,rc ! i don't think it will ever lie able to eat with tin in teth ] ; agin it didn't seem to please the peo ple that he whip i it tho for they throde bunches of - mis at him i spose they wur way up thar and couldn't j git anything else to chunk bim with but the man what throde tbe blossoms got shamed of it and sot down as quick be fore anybody could see him they got mad with thu fiddler before lie was dun and chunked him to sum of them fellers had to stay out thar all the time ; jist as soon as they'd leave the people would make sicli a noize they'd have to cum rite back i seed sum fellers go fast to sleep ami the stompiii would wake em up and then they'd stomp loader than anybody else i when the people begun to leave 1 cum out in itv keerful and made the tallest kind of tracks for cotton town bunky boa honorary degreet â€” some fel low has been swindling people in kng land by sending them notices of honorary \ i degrees being conferred mi them by vari j ous colleges in the l'nited states and re questing about 42 for the payment ofi | the necessary foes these letters were i sent to persons distinguished iu law lite | rattire ami the church there are no present means of ascertaining the extent j , of the swindle nor the amount â€ž( money wrung out of ambitious gentlemen on the other side of the atlantic to the tune of 5 10s apiece the fraud it is supposed originates iu knglaml â€¢ -â™¦â– â€¢ lurijr.it church in the united stale â€” the african church in ticlimoud va has long been the largest church in this country though it is now second in point of numbers to the church in beaufort s c of which rev 1 m (.'. breaker is ; i-t,,r tins clergyman write t the examiner " i have baptised 565 persons in the fellowship of the baptist burch at this place beaufort 8 c within the present year ls57 all of whom are col ored but eight ; and this makes the pre sent number of its membership 3,511 probably the large t church in the world lit these 180 arc whites all the rest colored â€” uth carolinian l'i in the l'r..l let sb another word messrs enrroaa your correspondent ' unt il.m thinks that snough has iâ€”n isid aboul donations and donation parties perhaps et l list i ti baid in ih iii favor bul not quite enough nil liter side i believe ti.it Â» minittei . hould have a competent salarv and should nol be t luglu to r.-lv on donation partita nr tempt i to think of gratuities a plan whiob make a greal how of charity is objectionable ifh people meing that their pastor is needy desiti â– to give i im special aid lei them 1 il iii a i'm rate unostentatious manner " when thou i ln.-l alius let not thv left inn i know tv hat tin right hand doetb people bate been known to remember and to present their gifts while thev forgnt or neglected in pav th.-ir debts a iiii a plan which constrain people lojrive whether they are willing not ia objectionable ii...l approves only the cl rful giver sndl i ihould lesire im other bul Â» sen us ob jection to donation patties and to gratuities ia litis the gifts usually fall into the wrong hands the pasture win bave large and perhaps oom < patent salaries reoeive the presents and the i pastors tthn have small and insdequste salaries generally receive nothing ii w then 1 in nation parties beneol the needy minislei ! i oes it help him to hear that i r k of city re ceived a purs main kg one thousand dollars in gold ' or tliat i r k of city received a i boure and lot vslned at ten thousand dollars , i thai mr li pastol of the strong and affluent . church of 11 -. received a borne rtli one i hundred slid fifty dollars i or that mr k who also has a large and wealthy church and who || lias no family received iwo or three hundred i , dollar iu money and goods ( such news if il . , does not cause the poor minister to envy hi , more fortunate brother will at least make him i feel a little in re keenly his own destitute an i l.irluru condition ut um â– no j , 1 â€” siu-ring at funerals l an appropriate l'saltn or llvmn sung at al funeral is a grateful and useful aervice it pr pares tbe mind fur the truth and deepens its impressions far more impressive often than the able seriuoii or eloquent address and what s comfort to the mourners '. what a balm lo rounded hearts ! the writer invs recently attended two funeral of pers ns who died in the lord ; the one iu a lull aohuol-houae iu a new settlement in maine and the other in a crowded chut h in tb city of new vork al the former the little choir sung to the tune hamburgh in distinct and subdued ton mrs liarbauld's beautiful hymn : " how blest tl righuoaa when b liy many years ago a student boy was seen and beard in lhe streels of au ancient town singing lie was a stout plainly-dressed boy but in faoe wa pale and ins eves were s..â€ži b rid tearful his voice was moat musical and the tonga he sang were in beautiful word snd about sacred things every tune be rim-li i a ng be step ped to the duor ol a hulls and gate a gentle tap \\ hen it was opened be said in bumble tulles ; '* please give a poor student buy a morsel of bread begone with thee ih.,u beggar's child was lhe rough reply that met his ear as the pour child shrank iron lite dour steps thus driven from d.sjr tu door he sang his iweet aonga until bis body was weary anil hia h.-itrl sad s.arcelv able to stand lie at last turned liis steps homeward striking liis noble forehead with ins band be said : 14 1 must go hoina to my father's bouse aod be content to live by the sweat of ray brow i'rovidence has no loftier destiny for ine 1 bave trodden out ins paths by aiming higher j ii.-t at tliat moment ursula gotta a burg her's Â» fe who had heard hi songs and seen linn driveo from her neighbors doors f.-u her heart yearn with p t y t rtr d t |, e helpless boy she opened iter d.s.r beckoned to the young aingcr smiled sweetly upon bim and iu tones that suuuded like heavenly melodies to tils ear said : " come in poor boy and refresh tbvself st my table "' happy little singer ' how he enjoyed that delicious meal and when ihe g..,â€žl dame snd her husband lold bim to make their bouse li - future home ins heart melted with eyes blinded by tears be looked in the face of his ft lends and aid ; " i shall nuw pursue m v studies without be ing obliged to beg my bread from grudging hands 1 intil hate you sir for a father you iweel ursuls fur a mother mt heart * once more learn lo lute i sball ut bappiei than 1 can express 1 after thai day iks it ing boy studied hard snd Â». ii veers :,â€¢â€¢â– rwsrda lbs world heard at him f,,r i was he who ottered bin rotes againet i'opery slid became tin . hiefof lhat reforms i ..,, wbich ne n open hi bis to the world iii mt in was 1 tin is j.i | || u i outage ti n j bo ' i 11 may bs fri.-n-l snd in lm nn i dsj . v mat bevs i plod 1 1 rough rials snd toil unobeered by the tn â€¢ - ofevao a iwsst i i-iini uut ti v.r unii i i'ln.l away sink to tu.k uml inn 1 â– nr t y u . bs bas i work tor you to do sad it u urn faul ml um true !,.- will in lu pot ti mt rooi propsf p ..... iml ou sunday st hoot a â€¢ /â€¢â– ... inlliii lire of soug fast f ii imt experienced tin hnury of i.-i.rs when listening lo att t.i i ballad we know hi iiii mini who having live i Â» tana ea ner of vice in eilllll ttas iii length l(a(ll-ll.s from il.e country : snd who while undergoing in period of banishment amidel tin wilds and jungles of a distant land heard in the summer eventide a iweel voice tinging in in own ian pruage the very aong which bad fulled bim to in in i no ilumber when be knew crime i.v name sad knew it milt in abhor it bad been sung to hy the cradle of un infat t sister one win had died young snd now wasm baavsn the moth st loo wi im more hut ibe song â€” the ok aong bad not l.Â«t ita influence otur liiiii yet back earns trooping upon i un tl.e old memorise which intil no long lumbered down there in lbs onconaomsd depths fin heart th mother snd the father ihe tion bolil gathering j ibe old scl l-hooee tbe liin.'-w.irii church iiiiii iii |, |. ii by tli wid vhw tries where lie bad lirsl bawd i'm bible rind ill kin back upoa l.un an fi...l ,.., if it were yesterday ; and overpowered by lus feelings he ave rent to th in in sqood of lean andthea ilu old hutu grew calm snd bis latter days t â€¢ his best days and when tbe term of im puoiibmont bad expired he osme book to bis isulsr's land and there in that old tillage grave laid mm i wl grassy hillocks !Â«* played and gambolled and where lbs mother nnd bar little ones were sleeping he laid j,,Â»n hia weary littihs and sank peacefully swaj lata a common grave hi.i/.a look's joikmal hunger it a man in go health has not eaten any thing for some days be will dis if lie eau liner lily \\ hen persons are found in an almost tsrving condition light rood in small quanti ties in,,l at shod intervals ia essential lo safety ll.e reason is that as so00 as wt begiu lo feel hungry tbe stomach rolls nnd works about and continue lo do so unless satislied till il is so exbausled thai there is scarcely any vital ener gy ; it is literally almosl tired to death and ihen lore digestion la performed slowly and with goal difficulty hence wheu a person has been kept from eating several hours beyood his usual lime instead of eating fast and hearti ly he should lake ins food wiib deliberation and only half as much as if lie int eaten at the regular lime sudden and severe illness baa resulted from a want of this precaution and sometimes death l.u followed alligators nesls these nesis aayt lyell the geologist resem ble haycocks thei are four feet high and ave i.-ei tn diameter at their bases being construct ed with grass and herbage mist they deposit tlieir eggs it a floor of mortar and having cov er.d this wiih a stratum of mnd and herbage eight in lies thick lay another s,-t of ens uiÂ»ob i imi and so on in th toil there being common j ly from one to two hundred egg in a n.-st â€” ' w uh their trails they then beat down round the j i-sl the dense grass and weeds ave feet high to i prevent the approach of unseen enemies the , female watches ber eggs nil tbey are hatched j by the ileal of the stin and th.ti lakes tbe brood under her own care defending them and provid ing for their subsistence dr lutaemberg of n < irleans told me tbat lie once packed up one ot ihese nests wiih the eggs in a box for the mu seum ol st petersburg hm was reooromended before he closed ii io see tliat there was no dan ger ot the egg lieing hatched on the vovage ' n opening one a young alligator walked out and walloon followed by tbe rest aliout a bun dled whicli he fed in his house where they went up and down stairs whining and barking like young puppies dr johnson on preaching boswell says : â€” " i talked of preaching and of the great success which those called mellio dista have obtained johnson answered ; " sir ii is owing lo tlieir expressing themselves in a plain an.l familiar manner which is tbe only way to do good to the common people and which clergymen of oommou genius and learn ing ought to do from a principle of duly when it is sinied to their congregation f..r which thev will be praised by men of sense to insist against drunkenness as debasing reason lhe no blest faculty â– â– ( man would be of no service to the common | pie ; but telling ihem tbat tbey ni'iv die in a lii of drunkenness cannot fail to make an impression at a party in ed in burg one of the guests observed her 6on charles eating rather more voraciously than the law of even northern etiquette allowed she watched for un opportunity and gave him one of those significant looks which only mothers uml elder sisters can command but in8tead of stopping charles said to bis mamma "< h ye needna look and nod ; for me to stop ye ken this was washing day and i got nue dinner we regret to learn from the proceed ings of the meeting of the spartanburg and union railroad company held in : this village on yesterday that the pros i pects ofthe roau are quite gloomy we understand that the president will proba ; bly resign in the course of thirty days ! when the whole mutter will be turned over to the creditors tho proceedings will appear in our next â€” unionvilu jour iuti 29m ult . â™¦- â€¢ trifiet â€” a gentleman engaged iui ar tist to execute a piece ,,(' sculpture for him visiting hia study after an absence f several weeks it seemed to him that the artist had made little progress â€” " what have vou been doing ( ' a.-ked the gentleman of the artist " working on this figure " l.ut i see nothing done since my lust visit " why answered the artist â€¢- i have brought out this in us , de ; i hava altered this part of the dress i have slightly changed the expression of the lip " i'.ut these are tl he a i the gentleman true sir replied the artist " but perf tion id mode up ,/ triju ..." happiness it is not gi iior highststion which makes a man happj msi ofthe most wretch , , 1 '.. iiiga ti i itb hut i lit lie trials and to ei a hich sppioesi ft it i.l.-ui of